INQUIRER.net STOCK IMAGE MEXICALI, Mexico — Construction worker Brian Larreta's job is tough any day of the year, but scorching temperatures this month in northern Mexico have made it a dangerous feat. In Mexicali, a city of more than a million people on Mexico's northern border across from California, temperatures soared to 50 Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) this week, forcing many residents to stay inside and keeping volunteers and authorities busy trying to help those who can't. 'Sometimes, when you've been in the heat for a while you get dizzy,' Larreta, 25, said on a break from shoveling cement in a parking lot under the blazing sun.

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